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You are cordially invited to the premiere of Tell es-Sakan: Saturday, March 15, 8pm, CMC Concert Hall, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco.

Strident, strange and often violent but also full of exuberance and joy, Tell es-Sakan (Hill of Ash) is a protest, pacifist, concert-length piece for string quartet and percussion. Intended as a ballet, motivated by the current war in Gaza, and named after the oldest known settlement in the area, it follows on one side a couple that meets, falls in love, vows trust to each other, and on the other the War Machine, an ominous presence that eventually takes over in a fury of destruction. The piece comes from a place of sorrow and yearning for a better human future.